Roadways have had to be shut down due to the snowfall and ice causing hazardous driving conditions.
A number of people traveling in vehicles have been marooned, unable to reach their destinations.
The freezing conditions have caused 1000′s of roofs to cave in.
People living in the mountain areas have been struck the strongest. Some 10′s of thousands of people have been transferred to other areas from the region.
Produce has suffered, there has been close to 300,000 crops hurt by the cold and snow. The cost of of the loss is close to $200 million dollars.
There have been thousands of motorist stranded in Guizhou province due to the closing of roadways.
The weather forecasters have predicted that the cold temperatures are going to last until Friday.
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